As the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives prepares to defend his budget before angry pro-gun senators Thursday, the agency is hitting the brakes on a plan to ban a type of armor-piercing ammunition after pushback from...

Explore how many nukes there are in the world, and where they are, courtesy of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' interactive Nuclear Notebook -- a useful way to discover whether some friendly superpower has stashed nukes in your harbour.

The is from a new Gallup Poll -- taken between February 8th and 11th of a random national sample of 837 adults, with a 4 point margin of error.Frankly, I was a bit shocked at the results of this survey. It seems that nearly four out of 10 Americans (...